Gormley, K. A., & McDermott, P. (2010). How social bookmarking can help the 21st

Century teacher. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 20, 5-15.

Professional Memberships

International Reading Association

National Council of Teachers of English

New York State Reading Association

NYSRA Conference Co-Coordinator 2011

Co-Chair, NYSRA Sub-committee on Digital Literacy

Recent Presentations

A Comparison of Children’s Use of Digital Literacies in Urban and Suburban Schools. Paper submitted for presentation at American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. April 2011. (with Peter McDermott)

Incorporating Multiple Literacies in Teaching: How to Get Started. Presentation to be made at the New York State Reading Association, Saratoga Springs, March 2011. (with Peter McDermott)

Multiple Literacies to Engage Learners: Advanced Web 2.0 Tools. Presentation to be made at the New York State Reading Association, Saratoga Springs, March 2011. (with Peter McDermott and Debbie Dermady)

Multiple Literacy: Help Sessions. Presentations (four) to be made at the New York State Reading Association, Saratoga Springs, March 2011. (with Peter McDermott and Debbie Dermady)

A comparison of urban and suburban children’s access to and knowledge of the digital literacies. Paper Presented at the New England Educational Research Organization’s Annual Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 7-9, 2010.

Taking the Fast Track in Literacy by Using Technology. Presentation at the New York State Reading Association, Saratoga Springs, March 2010.

Digital literacies in urban and suburban schools. Paper Presented at the Ethnography and Urban Education Research Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 26-27, 2010.

Digital literacy: The promise for NYSRA. Presentation to the New Your State Reading Association Board. January 22, 2010.

Teach the literacy clinical sequence (RWL 602, 604, 606) in Harmony Hill School in Cohoes, NY. Work closely with Mark Perry, Principal to deliver literacy tutoring through the Sage Literacy Program at Harmony Hill where I supervise my graduate students teaching at-risk learners.